The adoption of choice as a policy principle in disability services reforms warrants research into the practical implications for assistive technology provision. This paper outlines methodological considerations for the investigation of how choice is constructed and experienced in assistive technology provision. It argues for an interpretive approach that considers the interactions between stak...

Walking and sit to stand are activities carried out by all the people many times during the day, but physical disabilities due to age and diseases create needs of assistive devices to help elderly people during their daily life. This study aims to study the different types and mechanisms of the assistive devices. We will analyze the limitations and the challenges faced by the researchers in thi...

The demand for Assistive Technology products is considered through a methodological approach which provides a framework for the analysis of selected aspects of the Assistive Technology (AT) market. Throughout the paper, the AT market is considered from a socio-economic perspective; as a system which is considerably influenced by demographics. This allows the application of systems dynamics in o...

In the nearly 30 years since the passage of the Technology-Related Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988, technology-mediated instruction has been implemented successfully with both students without disabilities and students with a range of disabilities to help them meet the demands of instruction. In this special issue of Assistive Technology, a number of noted scholars contr...

89 Abstract–Assistive technology plays very important role in the life of the people who are severely disabled due to quadriplegia, spinal cord injuries, central nervous system disorders or traumatic brain. Assistive technologies help them to lead a self supportive independent life. This paper provides the brief description about the various assistive technologies which has been developed until...

Today, simple analogue assistive technologies are transformed into complex and sophisticated sensor networks. This raises many new privacy issues that need to be considered. In this paper, we investigate how this new generation of assistive technology incorporates Privacy by Design (PbD) principles. The research is conducted as a case study where we use PbD principles as an analytical lens to i...

Assistive technology (AT) is widely used in contemporary special needs education. Our interest the extent to which we can conceive of certain uses AT this educational context as a form extended cognition. It argued that what critical answering question relationship between student and more than just subject-and-instrument, but instead incorporates fluidity spontaneity puts it on functional par ...